{"product_id":"maila-anchal-मैला-आँचल","title":"Maila Anchal (मैला आँचल)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eमैला आँचल — हिंदी साहित्य का एक महान उपन्यास।\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAfter Premchand's \u003cem\u003eGodan\u003c\/em\u003e, the most significant Hindi novel ever written.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1954, \u003cem\u003eMaila Anchal\u003c\/em\u003e (The Soiled Border) by Phanishwarnath Renu is the landmark of modern Hindi fiction — the novel that defined the genre of \u003cem\u003eआंचलिक उपन्यास\u003c\/em\u003e (Anchalik Upanyas \/ regional novel) and changed Hindi literature forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSet in the fictional village of Maryganj in Bihar's Purnea district during the turbulent years of 1946–48, the novel captures life at the crossroads of Indian Independence, Partition, the assassination of Gandhi, and the abolition of the zamindari system. Renu paints an unforgettable canvas of Bihar's rural poor — their joys, sorrows, loves, caste divisions, superstitions, folklore, folk songs, and dialects — with extraordinary sensitivity and linguistic richness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe novel's language weaves together Bhojpuri, Maithili, Magahi, and colloquial Hindi, giving voice to people who had never before appeared in Indian fiction. To read \u003cem\u003eMaila Anchal\u003c\/em\u003e is to step into a living, breathing Bihar of the late 1940s — muddy, musical, divided, hopeful, contradictory, and gloriously alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn his own preface, Renu wrote:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"इसमें फूल भी है शूल भी; धूल भी है गुलाब भी; कीचड़ भी है चन्दन भी; सुन्दरता भी है कुरूपता भी — मैं किसी से बच नहीं सका हूँ।\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"It has flowers and thorns; dust and roses; mud and sandalwood; beauty and ugliness — I could not escape any of them.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eAbout the author\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePhanishwarnath Renu (फणीश्वरनाथ रेणु, 1921–1977) was one of the most influential Hindi writers of the twentieth century and a defining voice of post-Independence Indian literature. A freedom fighter and political activist, he is best known for \u003cem\u003eMaila Anchal\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eParti Parikatha\u003c\/em\u003e, and the short story \u003cem\u003eMaare Gaye Gulfam\u003c\/em\u003e (the basis of the classic 1966 film \u003cem\u003eTeesri Kasam\u003c\/em\u003e starring Raj Kapoor and Waheeda Rehman).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor his extraordinary contribution to Indian literature, Renu was awarded the \u003cstrong\u003ePadma Shri\u003c\/strong\u003e in 1970 — which he later returned in protest against the Emergency declared by Indira Gandhi in 1975. He remains one of the conscience-keepers of modern Hindi literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA must-read for every lover of Indian literature.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rajkamal Prakashan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51682798436568,"sku":"9788126704804","price":399.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0818\/1471\/6632\/files\/71VlU8PZ36L._SL1500.jpg?v=1778713271","url":"https:\/\/www.readersparadise.co\/products\/maila-anchal-%e0%a4%ae%e0%a5%88%e0%a4%b2%e0%a4%be-%e0%a4%86%e0%a4%81%e0%a4%9a%e0%a4%b2","provider":"readersparadiseindore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}